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10% Laboratory reports Final questionnaire
CONTINUOUS EVALUATION (30%)
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Final exam (60 %)
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Have you ever wondered why are the prehistoric epochs named
after the dominant material that was used and modern period is
not?
Definition
Materials science and engineering (MSE) is an interdisciplinary
field concerned with inventing new materials and improving
previously known materials by developing a deeper
understanding of the microstructure-composition-synthesis-
processing relationships.
Composition: the chemical make-up of a material or what are
materials made of.
Materials science
Application
the emphasis is on the
investigation of relationships
between the synthesis and
processing, as well as structure
and properties of materials
Properties
Structure
Ceramics
Compounds of Hard; brittle; electric &
Ionic/covalent Crystalline or thermal insulators;
metals & non- thermal and chemical
bond amorphous
metals stability
composition bonding structure properties
Polymers
Chains of Covalent & Electric & thermal
Semicrystalline insulators;
organic secondary processablity at low
or amorphous
molecules bonds working T; low density
composition bonding structure properties
General characteristics of main
classes
Composites
Artificial materials produced by mixing of two (or more)
components with different properties:
Major phase or matrix (typically ~ 90 wt.% of the material)
Why composites?
To combine properties of the components in one material.
metal
composite
polymer
Functional classification of
materials
Classification according to specific application or
function:
Functional classification:
Aerospace materials Magnetic materials
That the material & and its processing should be respectful of the
environment
Low density of the material (strength to density ratio!)
Selection of materials
Selection of materials is performed in series of steps in which the benefits and
dissadvantages of classes of materials are being evaluated.
Once the class is chosen, the selection of a particular material takes place.
Homework
Name the most important criteria for selecting materials to use in (a) a
household ladder, (b) Vynil records case, (c) a bicycle frame. Identify
materials that would satisfy these criteria.
Review
Properties of materials
Structure-property relationship
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